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EsTA BLISHED 1865. ..,EWBERRY, S. C., FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 1902. TWICE A WEEK.$1.50 A YEAR
THE PRESIDENT WELCONED.
F18 SAFE aRRIVAL IN HISTORIC
CBARLBSTON.
A oMtUDOM O Vton-LefVes Train at
Ch%ora Pak and Visits New Naval Sta
tion-The Preeldent geemeInd inigh
.Wtrits and Eatered With Keen
Zest Into All the F&ututres
of the ocesaloo.
[Staff Correspondent The State.]
Charleston, April & On the oc
esion of the visit of the President
of the .United States to any city in
this great republic it would be ex
poeted of the newspapers to say that
he received a hearty welcome, but
sfih language is insufficient to con
VOy the proper expression of the
feelings of the people of Charleston.
The welcome which Mr. Roosevelt
has received here is genuine, heart
felt and unanimous. The people of
Charleston arc delighted to have him
here and Mr. Roosevelt is enjoy ing
himsf in his characteristic --ay.
The party did not reach Charleston
until this aftWrnoon, but they found
the city waiting with open arms and
words of sincere regard for the dis
tigished visitors. The presiden
tW tain did not come into the city
this morning butstopped at a point
Av miles north of the city, directly
~eata ,Chicora park. Here the
vigitors left the train and were con
n oopecial cars over the trolley
r to Chicora park. After a stroll
igh these lovely grounds where
6 live oaks gray with inoss stand
- sentinels around the quaint old
t"nbull colonial manor house, the
sgyffkt and his party boarded the
- Egxiquin, a revenue cutter detailed
or this occasion. The party had
b4eir met at Summerville by Mayor
SmI, Capt. Wagener and others.
N6' rest of the Charleston party
&l Se city at 10 o'clock on special
..am and wore aboard the Algonquin
aill after the arrival of President
M~sevelt. The president and Mrs.
Romsevelt were in excellent spirits
ad gave a cordial greeting to each
E the Charleston- party who came
- aboard. The Algonquin cast off at
30-JG and passed down the Cooper
iver toward the bay. The presi
dmnt was interested in the sight of
the naval station and dry dock soon
to be built at Chicora park, which is
-now owned by the government.
SALUTING THE PEsIDENT.
As soon as the Algonquin weighed
anchor a salute of 21 guns was fired
.-the president's salute-to an
nounce to the vessels and craft in
b-<arbor thiat the president's boat was
e.oming. The president's flag was
lying from the Algonquin, a field of
blue on which was the American
Eage with outstretched wings.
-When nearing the point where the
city ends abruptly at the confluence
of the Cooper and Ashley rivers-the
president's boat found a number of
government boats drawn up to greet
the head of the navy and of the army.
From the cutters Forward and Ham
ilton salutes were fired and were ac
knowledged by the president. The
incinnati, a beautiful cruiser, pre
sented an inspiring picture with 400
marines standing at attention while
the guns belched forth the salute.
On each of the vessels was flying a
verntable rainbow of colors, the boats
being gaily decked on this official
visit of the president. The training
vessel Topeka also made a pretty ap
pearanee with the young appren
tices strung out on the yard arms
and on the rigging. But the most
fasinating picture in this panorama
was that of the old Lancaster, an
other training ship, on which the
young seamen are broken into ser
vice. Unlike the trim new boats
with their big smokestacks and spars,
this boat made a romantic tableau
with its tall masts covered with
young marines at attention. When
the signal guns began to roar their
salute the Jackies on deck swarmed
up the ropes and gave a touch of lire
and activity to the picture.
The boats of commerce added their
accamations of joy to the roar of the
salutes. The crash of the cannon
was a sharp staccato to the pro
longed blowing of whistles of mer
chatmen lying at the wharves, and
for miles the water front was Nlack
down to the water side hoping to
catch a glimpse of the president.
The crowds had been disappointed
in the morning, for it bad been
hoped that the president's train
would stop at the southern station.
A great many made their way out to
Chicora park, but were denied the
privilege of entering the grounds,
which were patrolled in a truly mil
itary manner by the Washington
Light Infantry, Capt. Coggswell.
All along the route the poeple of
Charleston had provided police and
military protection in a way not to
give offense to the president, who is
not disposed to like such th'ngs.
After passing castle Pinckney, fort
Moultrie, fort Sumter, Morris Island
and other historic stops in vhich the
president was much interested the
Algonquin pulled up close to the
jetties in order to view the govern
ment's work to deepen the channel
and to make this a great harbor.
VISITS EORT SUMTER.
The cutter then turned around
and started' back toward the city,
stopping abreast of fort Sumter,
where a delightfvl luncheon was
served. The pilot boat General
Howe, then pulled along side and
President Roosevelt and a number of
the party made- a visit to the little
island in Charleston barbor which
has made more histor- than almost
any other spot of its size in the world.
The president esteemed it a genuine
privilege to be given the opportun
ity to visit the fort. Old fort Moul
trie was also inspected as the Algon
quin passed by.
It had been the irtention of the
committee of arrangements to run out
over the bar, but the wind was bois
terous and the trip was not ex
tended beyond the jetties. The Al
gonquin took a turn up Ashley river
giving a grand vie w of the exposition
grounds from the water. Back again
mart e the cutter, passing the line of
oruiser cutters and training ships
which again saluted, and exactly on
ime the Algonquin pulled up to the
wharf and the president and his
arty at 4 o'clock set foot within the
ospitable precincts of the city of
harleston.
A BEPRESEWTATIVE AMERICAN.
Had anybody sought to find the
representative American citizen in
hat party of distinguished people,
heodore Roosevelt would have been
hes man selected. There was always
a smile on his face, always a pleas
mnt word upon his lips and yet there
was an evident force and aggressive
1ess which characterize him as a
ypical American.
AN OVATION.
When the boat reached the wharf
he Charleston Light Dragoons were
rawn up as an escort for the presi
ent. The water front was a sea of
black faces while in reserved places
representative white citizens in great
umbers had come down to see the
president and to welcome him. The
president walked jauntily along the
wharf bowing and smiling in ac
knowledgement of the ovation, until
e reached a carriage in -waiting.
Thence he and a select party were
conveyed to the home of Mrs. An
drew Simonds, who has done so much
for the exposition and for Charles
ton. After a delightful reception at
this elegant Charleston home, the
president was taken to the St. John's
hotel, from wich the president's
flag announced the place of his head
quarters. His carriage passed up
Meeting street, between long lines
of enthusiastie Charlestonians and
when he alighted at a private en
trance there was a cordon of police
to keep the crowd back. One negro
tried to shake hands with the presi
dent but that was wbere the effi
ciency of the secret service officials
was shown for "the coon" was in an
instant in their hands.
President Roosevelt's robust health
is appearent in bis splendid physique
and woe to the man who would at
short range try to harm him. While
others were bugging sheltered nooks
on deck today the president sat on
the most exposed spot on the boat
wile the wind sported with the
crisp locks on his bared head and
the camera fiends sported with his
miles.
Tonight at the St. John the ladies
of Charleston called on Mrs. Roose
velt. It was a gathering of brilliant,
beautiful and aristocratic woman
hood and the guests of the hotel
feasted their eyes on the sight of so
much loveliness.
At the Charleston hotel the presi
dent was entertained at dinner by
the city of Charleston. It was a very
swell affa;r, costing quite a number
of dollars per plate. The governors
of North Carolina and South Caro
lina were among the guests.
TEN THOUSAND VISITORS
Fully 10,000 people were brought
here today, 3,100 over the Coast
Line, 4,000 over the Southern, and
crowded trains over the Plant Sys
tem. The crowd is so mnch larger
than at first expected that the rail
roads are unable to give the accurate
figures. Tomorrow will be the great
day of the exposition.
bKETCHk.S OF ARMY LIFE,
InLeresting Incidents of the Civil War Re
lated by "X. Con Fed" a Member
of Third 8. C. Regiment,
SKETCH OF HOSPITAL LIFE.
I had been teasing Dr. Evans the
day before the fight, and asked him
if his knives were sharp. He said
they were sharp enough for me. I
told him he would have to use them
on me the next day. As soon as I
was carried to him I asked if his
knives were sharp and told him to go
to work. In a few days I was sent
to Orange C. H. and put in the depot.
I asked the doctor in charge to give
me some whiskey; he refused, but
slugged it himself. I asked to be
put on the train, and he refused;
then I told him I would go any way.
He told me if I could get on the
train I could go. I got two of the
2nd regiment tu put me on; the doc
tor did not notice me. We were
sent to Charlottsville. An Irishman
was nurse and had to dress my wound.
He treated me so badly that I got a
egro boy to bring me a stick which
used on the Irishmad's head. He
was sent back to the regiment and I
fell into the hands of Walter A.
ames, who got me a good mattress
ad prevailed on the surgeons to put
y leg in a wire splint and swing it
off the bed; he dressed my leg daily,
ma after eight weeks it was taken
ut of the splint, and in four or five
weeks more I was taken up and put
n a chair; in a week or two -nore I
ould walk a little on crutches, and
was sent home on the 30th of
September. Car ward had the
best attention that was possible
uder the circumstances. The la
dies visited us every day and brought
s all the delicacies of the season.
We had oyster soup, ice cream,
frozen strawbe3rries, eggs, milk, be
sides what we were given from the
overnment kitchen.
The doctors were kind and did all
n their power for us. The ladies
read for us, brought us pipes, tobac
o and matenes and nursed us as if
we were their brothers. The children
came in and sang for us. The only
people who seemed to neglect us
were the preachers. Only one, a
ampbellite gave me much attention,
:ut he was very kind indeed. I
reached home about the 5th of Oc
ober, 1864, and was still so weak I
ould not get out of the bed without,
help. X. Con. Fed.
MORMONISM GROWING.
Remarkable Statement a. to it. Spread.
Mormonism :' growing through
out the country. An address issued
by missionary secretaries of evan
gelical churches says:
"Its missionary activity through
out the country is almost ineredible.
It claims to have now 2,000 miission
aries in the field-1,400 of them in
the Southern States-and to have
made last year 20,000 converts.
Mormons are also establishing mis
sions in foreigh countries on a ]arge
scale. At a conference recently
beld in Berlin and ; resided over by
Hgh Cannon, son of George Q.
Cannon, 125 Mormon missionaries
were present who were working in
the German empire. They reported
2,000 converts. In Norway and
Sweden Mormons have for many
years been gaining a contiianally in
raing number of converts."
IN HONOR OF THE PRESIDENT,
A ROYAL BANQUET TENDERED HIM AT
CHARLE4TON HOTEL.
A Memorable Occasion-President Roose
velt Speaks in Glowing Terms of the
South-Gov. Mc4weency's Speech of
Welcome.-It Was Midnight When
the Banquet Hall was Deserted
and as the Distinguished
Guest Left the Room
Was Roundly Ap
piau ded.
[Special to The State.]
Charleston, April 8.-The banquet
tendered to President Roosevelt to
night at the Charleston hotel was a
fitting cloose to a day fall of inci
dents and served to gather together
men prominent in the affairs of the
State, having solely in mind a greet
ing to the president which would
prove the sincerity and the warmth
of feeling existing for him as the
chief executive of the nation. The
banquet hall was a bower of roses,
pinks and smilax, artistically ar
ranged, while loosely strewn over
the tables were thousands of violets,
whose fragrance could only but sug
gest that springtime had arrived.
Over three hundred specially invited
guests were present and the president
was at his best. In a few well chosen
remarks Mayor Smyth welcomed
President Roosevelt to Charleston,
whose response was listened to with
the closest attention and which was
interrapted by loud and continuous
applause.
THE PRESIDENT's RESPONSE.
The president's remarks were as
follows:
"Mr. Mayor, and you, my hosts
and my fellow American citizens:
(Great applanse.) I should indeed
be but a poor American myself if I
were not deeply touched and grati
fied by the way you have greeted me
today, in this your beautiful city;
and of course I feel at home here.
(Applause.) I think that an Ameri
can who is worth his salt has the
right to feel at home in every part of
the United States. (A pplause.)
"Around this table I see many men
who took part in the great war. The
war in which the younger among us
here took part was a very little one
eause it didn't have to be any big
ger. (Applause.) But it had one
horoughly good effect; it put the
cap on the structure that had been
building while,. we were almost un
onscious of it, and it taught us how
thoroughly at one we were. When
we got through that war it did not
nake a bit of difference to us whether
it was an admiral who came from
Vermont or a lieutenant who came
from Alabama (applause), if the
man had done his duty in such shape
as to make us each feel an even
more generous thrill of pride in our
ommon nationality. The debt that
we owed him had Jittle to do with
the section from which he came.
Applause.)
'And now, a special word to you
of Charleston and of South Carolina.
Just 12 years ago when I first went
to Washington to take part in gov
ernmental work I was immediately
thrown into singularly close contact
and intimacy with a South Carolinian.
It was my good fortune to work with
him for three years and for the nine
years since and for as long as I shall
ontinue to be in public lie, it will
be to me ever a spur to try to do
decent duty for the republic, because
I have teen thrown intimately in
contact with as fearless and as high
minded a public servant as this
country has ever had, my old friend,
your forxEer governor, Hugh Thomp
son. (Great applause.)
"And from what I have known of
yo and of your~ representatives it
was in no sense a surprise, but it was
a keen pleasure to be greeted with
the hearty and generous hospitality,
the more than hearty and generous
hospitality which you have shown
me today. (Applause )
"The weltare of any part of this
country is in a certain sense an index
of the welfare of all, and I think,
gentlemen, tbat on the average a~
we all tend to go up, it seems to be
a little better to go uniformly rather
than at a sharper gait, for the timE
Ibeing, and then down and then ui
aaigan and then down. South Caro
ia seems during the last two de
cades to have definitely entered upon
the path of steady progress in things
material as well as in other things.
I was much struck in looking over
some of the figures of the census
quite recently published to see the
astonishing progress that has been
made here in you- State. I was
prepared to see that the values of
your farm products had risen as they
have, a little over 25per cent. I was
prepared to see that your farms
themselves had increased in a still
larger proportion; that the value of
your lands and buildings had grown
up, but I did not realize the way in
which - your manufacturing enter
prises had increased, both as shown
in the fact that your manufacturing
products had gone up over 130 per
cent.; that for instance the number
of spindles has about quadrupled,
from less than half a million to more
than two millions in the State. I
did not realize that the wages paid
out had increased 75 per cent. Gen
tlemen, you talk of progress of the
far west, but I think South Carolina
can give points to some of the States.
(Applause.) I think that with such
a record for the previous decade you
were well warranted upon insisting
on holding your exposition here.
(Applause.)
"And gentlemen, I was very glad
that in arranging for your exposition
you not only took in the Southern
States but that you specially included
the islands lying south of the United
States, those islands with which the
events of the last few years have
made it evident that we are bound
in the future to have closer relations.
(Great applease,) closer relations for
our advantage and our advantage
can only be secured by making it for
their advantage also. (Loud ap
plause.) And about all that I have
said applies to the greatest and rich.
est of those islands, the islands with
which we have been brought into the
most peculiar intimacy and relation
ship-the Island of Cuba. (Ap
plause.) And I ask that in our trade
relations with Cuba we give her a
marked and substantial advantage,
not merely because it will redound
to our interest to do so, although
that also is true, especially because
the events have so shaped thenaselves
that it is our duty as a great and
mighty nation to help Cuba and I
hope to see us do our duty. (Cheers
and applause.) I shall not try to
make you any speech tonight, be
ause for your sins you will have to
listen to me make one tomorrow.
(Laghter.) I shall merely thank
you again with all my heart and say
to you that I want you to appreciate
that I mean every word I say, and
mean it deeply when I tell you I
have been touched, more than
pleased, touched and stirred by the
warmth and heartiness with which
you have made me feel today that I
am one of you. (Loud applause
and cheers.)
The President was followed by
Gov. McSweeney, who prefaced his
prepared speech by a few words in
which he assured th6 President that
he was as safe from bodily harm in
South Carolina as he was in Wash
ington. Continuing he said:
Gov'. M'swEENEY's SSPEECH.
Gov. McSweeney said in part:
"The Anglo-Saxon is entering the
new century with the imperial crown
of the ages on his brow and the
sceptre of the infinite in his hand.
"The old South fought against
the stars in their courses-the re
sisting tide of the rising conscious
ness of nationality and world mission.
The young South greets the nev era
and glories in its manhood. He
joins his voice in the cheers of tri.
umph which are ushering in this3 all
conquering Saxon. Our old men
dreamed of local supremacy. We
dream of the conquest of the globe.
Threads of stee, have knit State to
State. Steam and electricity have
silently transformed the face of the
earth, anni illated time and space
and swept the ocean barriers from
the path of man. The black steam
shuttles of commerce have wover
cont;ent to continent!"
"These words are taken from a
speech delivered at a momentone
risis in the history of a sister State
"Civil liberty and religions free
dom have been placed in our keep
ing as a trust aud it is our duty to
be faithfnl to that trust and move on
and upward until the peoples of all
lands shall enjoy the same blessings
which are ours. Threads of steel
have iideed knit us close together
and now we know no north and no
south, no east and no west, but hand
in hand we are striving for the up
lifting and betterment of mankind.
WE ARE ALL AMERICANS.
"I want to say in this presence,
and in the presence of the President
of the United States, that while we
may not agree on many questions of
policy, that we are all American citi
zens and the boys of the South will
respond to the call of their conatry,
which is the call cf duty, as quickly
and readily . those of any other
section. When four years ago
America 'let slip the dogs of war'
and sent her armies and navies to
drive the tyrant from Cuba's wasted
shores, together in the gloom of the
gory trenches, and the ramparts
wrapt in flame, stood the sons of the
frozen north who wore the blue, with
those of the sunny south who wore
the gray, to defend the honor of their
common country. Side by side and
shoulder u shoulder they fought,
till the broken power of Spain in the
western world attested the fact that
the men who made and withstood
Pickett's charge at Gettysburg could
clasp hands over the graves of their
fallen heroes and together shed their
blood in defense of human rights and
their country's cause. It was
southern boy who first planted the
Stars and Stripes on foreign soil, it
was a southern boy who first gave up
his fair young life in this cause, and
the cold still form of Ensign Bagley,
wrapt about with the silken folds of
his 'country's flag, was laid to rest
'mid the lamentations of a reunited
people. And in the self same
sepulchres where lie the braves who
gave their lives in that conflict, is
buried the last remnant of any
antagonism which might have existed
between the sections.
wELGoMEs BROOSEVELT.
"I am glad that President Roose
velt has come to this grand old city,
that he may see and know us as we
are. That he may know and realize
that though we may not agree in
politics, we know how to-welcome
the president of our common coun
try. That he may know and appre
ciate what southern hospitality
means and right here in. Charleston
he will find the highest type of this
old time southern hospitality. We
hope that his coming will be bene.
ficial to all of us."
Capt. Wagener, Gov. Aycook of
North Carolina and several others
made short addresses. It was mid
night when the party broke up and
as the president' left the room he was
cheered to the echo, not only by
those who had been fortunate enough
to attend the banquet but by the
large numbers who had patiently
waited in the hotel parlors and out
ide to catch a glimpse of him.
Upon arriving at his hotel he imme
diately retired.
The Newest about Ping-Pong.
"Where are you going, my pretty
maid ?" "I'm going ping pongiag,
sir," she said. "May I go with you,
my pretty maid ?" "Yes, if you
like, kind sir," she said. She led
him away to a ping pong net, and
then came an hour he will never for
get, for his shoulders ache from the
many stoops to pick up the balls,
and his eyelid droops where she
smote him twice with her racket
small, which left her hand as she
struck the ball; and he'll never ping
where she pongs again, for she heard
him swear when she pinged him
then.
"A neighbor ran in with a bottle
of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and
Diarrboea. Remedy when my son waE
suering~ with severe cramps and waE
given up as beyond hope by my regulai
physician, who stands high in his pro
fesion. After administering threi
dos-s of it, my son regained conscious
ness and recovered entirely withii
t wenty-four hours," says Mrs. M ar:
Haler, of Mt. Crawford. Va. Thil
Remedy is for sale by W. E. Pelham 3
Soan.
THERLL BE NO f114I .
GOVERNOR McSWEENEY WILL PRE
VENT IT.
He Has Looked Up the Law and His Duty
is Plain and He Will Act accordingly.
[Columbia Record, 7th.]
There will be no prize fight or
"Glove contest" in Charleston.
Governor McSweeney went to Char
leston this morning. Before going he
had expected to receive some com
munication from Charleston relative
to the fight, but nothing came. It
was published yesterday that the
attorneys of Jaudon, who is engineer
ing the fight, would see the Gover
nor and find out definitely what he
would do about it, but they didn't
show up, probably knowing that he
would be in Charleston today.
The Governor reiterated his state
ment that he saw no particular use
in announcing his position, in view of
the fact that he did not officially
know that a fight would take place,
but he has looked up the law on the
subject, and this being so, there is
but one thing that he can do, and
that is to prevent the fight. Both
the constitution and the statute laws
are plain on the subject and such
contests are absolutely prohibited.
When the question is brought to
his attention in Charleston, the gov
ernor will infoom the promoters that
the fight cannot take place. He
will instruct the sheriff not to allow
it and there is no doubt that he can
prevent it. But in case there is any
trouble about stopping it on the part
of the sheriff, the Governor will act
otherwise, even going to the extent
of calling out the local military if
necessary. Since these things are
true the fight may be considered a
closed incident, sc far as this State is
concerned.
Jandon, the promoter, was to post
$10,000 as a forfeit that he could
pull off the fight in this State, but, of
course, the money has not been de
posited, nor -will it be under the cir
umstances. Some prominent citizens
of Charleston have seen the Gover
nor about the matter in order to see
if there was not some way whereby
the fight could be had, and there
will be considerable disappointment
when the Governor's decision is
known.
REPUBLICAN STATE CHAIRMIAN.
Dos Says the Koester Nomination Will
Never be Conirmed.
[The State, 9th.]
Yesterday Edmund Deas, the col
ored republican state chairman, was
in the city, having come down from
Washington. Deas has been in
Washingtor for the last three months
and says he has been "holding up''
the confirmation of Revenue Collector
Koester. He stated yesterday that
Koester's nomination would never be
confirmed in the senate.
AGAINST TILLKAN.
Senate Adopts BesolutionlS for Future
Guidance.
Washington, April 8.-In the
senate today Mr. Hoar called up his
resolution providing that rule 19 be
amended by inserting at the be
ginning of clause two thereof the
following:
"No senator in debate shall directly
or indirectly by any form of words
impute to another senator, or to other
senators any conduct or motive un
worthy or unbecoming a senator; no
senator in debate shall refer offensive
ly to any state of the union.''
The resolution was adopted with
out debate.
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For Coughs and Colds.ln Children.
"I have not the slightest hesitancy in
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Remedy to all who are sufiering from
coughs or colds," says Chas. M. Cramer,
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Colombo, Ceylon. "It has been some
two years since the City Dispensary
first called my attention to this valua
ble medicine and I have repeatedly
used it and it has always been bene
ficial. It has cured me quickly of all
chest colds. It is especially effective
for children and seldom takes more
-than one bottle to cure them of hoarse
ness. I have persuaded many to try
Sthis valuable medicine, and they are all
5as well pleased as myself over tbe re
ults." For sale by W. E. Pelham &
on.